Esc programming issue (I think)

[anthony_marquart]

Grrrrrr.
Ok. New Seaking 180 esc and new leapard motor wired by OSE.
set up w 6s. I can’t seem to get the esc in program mode. The motor spins in reverse with reverse throttle. It will not spin up in forward. It only will run at what I guess is about 10% rpm in forward. It seems to spool up more in reverse but not much. Won’t even get on plane.
It’s the original rx/tx in the boat.

please help,

frustrated after lots of $$$$$

 

[Davidkrienke]

I would say you need to reverse two of the motor leads. if its running backwards . and then reverse servo on radio .

 

[anthony_marquart]

It runs forward and back. That is one of the modes on the esc. Can’t seem to change it

 

[anthony_marquart]

I don’t seem to be able to get this into program mode

 

[anthony_marquart]

Come on guys! Any suggestions

 

[Davidkrienke]

If it goes full reverse and only a little forward on your transmitter trigger or stick when you reverse the servo on the radio for that channel it will for full forward and a little reverse but motor will still be spinning the wrong way so you switch two of the wires any 2 on the 3 going to the motor and that will reverse direction to the motor and it will have full forward and a little reverse. I am not sure how to get it into programming you will have to google that .

 

[anthony_marquart]

Do you mean switch any 2 of the bullet plugs? And yes, i think it goes full power in reverse right now

 

[Davidkrienke]

yes 2 of the bullet plugs and hit the servo reverse on the radio and it will do what you want.

 

[anthony_marquart]

Hey I think that may have fixed it! I’ll confirm tomorrow. Thank u very much.

 

[Davidkrienke]

Hey I think that may have fixed it! I’ll confirm tomorrow. Thank u very much.

no problem . Have a great night.

 

[longballlumber]

Did you calibrate the radio throttle to the new ESC? This was taken from the instructions.

a) Pull the throttle trigger to the top forward position (/full throttle), connect the ESC to the battery pack, then turn the switch on; 2 seconds later, a row of “Beep- Beep-” can be heard, that means the full throttle position has been confirmed. b) Release the throttle trigger to the neutral position, a steady and long “Beep—” can be heard, that means the neutral position has been confirmed.
Note: When the motor emits “Beep” tone(s), the red LED in the ESC flashes at the same time.

secondly, I would highly recommend getting the program card associated to the controller you purchased. It makes programming the controller WAY easier

 

[anthony_marquart]

Running the boat this morning. How hot should the motor and esc be getting? The boat is now running but stopped after a few laps. I think it was thermal cut off. Got the boat back in and the collet had slipped. The motor was hot to the touch. Could only touch for about 3 seconds but it came back on and ran again.

 

[longballlumber]

Running the boat this morning. How hot should the motor and esc be getting? The boat is now running but stopped after a few laps. I think it was thermal cut off. Got the boat back in and the collet had slipped. The motor was hot to the touch. Could only touch for about 3 seconds but it came back on and ran again.

I am somewhat surprised the ESC cutout. I would guess that was a low voltage limiter that kicked in. If you can, turn that off on the ESC programming.

what is the KV of your motor?

regardless of voltage or motor KV. I like to shoot for 120 degreesF on my heat racing set ups (2ish min of hard running). However going up to 130F shouldn’t be an issue. I would suggest the Leapord line of motors are LESS tolerant of higher temps due to their cost effectiveness.

 

[anthony_marquart]

6s / 1650kv Leapard 4074 / 180A ESC / 5000mah 100C batteries / I don't have telemetry with my radio but I'm pretty sure it was hotter than that. It's pretty fast.

 

[riggerman]

I would order the Seaking program card from offshore electrics i have tried to program Seaking esc s via transmitter and wasted hours trying to program the SK ESC with the program card its a 2 minute job ! As for the heat check your degrees of timing advance. Regards Andris Golts.

 

[longballlumber]

As for the heat check your degrees of timing advance. Regards Andris Golts.

This is a good suggestion. It looks like the motor you suggested is a D (Delta) wind. The general rule of thumb for D winds is 0-5 degrees of timing (controller setting) with 0 being the starting point then work up until your generating heat with no notice able performance gain.

 

[longballlumber]

As I stated in a previous post 1200kv-1500kv (for 6S) is the rage I recommend to those who are newer to FE. The more RPM you run the less "cushion" your going to have if something isn't right. Your turning a lot of RPM. You may want to look at less prop if you continue to have cut-out issues and motor heat issues.

Take a look at the attached document. This is general guidance for KV/Voltage set ups.